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Delaware State Journal, Advertiser And Star
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
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Multiple suicides in a family near Little Beaver, Pennsylvania: four women hanged themselves over a short period, including one last fall, with a fifth confined to prevent it. No apparent reasons found despite happy lives.
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'The letter states that "a very singular case, or more probably cases, of suicide took place in this neighborhood within a short time back. A woman, whose name I do not recollect, hung herself with a hank of yarn—her sister, about two weeks after, followed her example, with the same hank—and two or three days since another did the same. The fourth is now kept closely confined, her friends fearing she may commit a similar act. "Last fall one of the same family hung herself, making in all four who have been the means of their own death', none of which can be accounted for even by their most intimate friends. They bore excellent characters, lived in the midst of plenty, and to all appearances were living happy.
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Little Beaver
Event Date
Within A Short Time Back
Outcome
four women from the same family died by suicide by hanging; the fourth is confined to prevent suicide.
Event Details
A series of suicides occurred in a family near Little Beaver: a woman hanged herself with a hank of yarn; her sister did the same two weeks later using the same yarn; another followed two or three days ago; one had done so last fall, totaling four. The fifth family member is confined. No reasons identifiable; they lived happily with good characters.